Len Brown Totally Explained

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Len Brown (born 1956, Auckland, New Zealand) is the current mayor of Manukau, New Zealand and a former lawyer and city councillor. He was elected mayor of Manukau in October 2007, the second time he ran for that office.

Career

He was raised in Otara, and attended Mayfield Primary, then Papatoetoe Intermediate and went to secondary school at De La Salle College. A lawyer by profession, Brown was a high profile partner at Wynyard Wood, and co-founded the Howick Free Legal Service. He was first elected to the Manukau City council in 1992, and continued as councillor until 2004 when he didn't run for re-election. He was also the chairperson of the Counties Manukau Health Council from 1998. Brown first ran for major of Manukau in 2004, and narrowly lost to long serving mayor Sir Barry Curtis; he lost by less than 600 votes. When Curtis was re-elected for his eighth term in 2004, and Brown had considered requesting a re-count due to the closeness of the vote. However Brown decided he hadn't been close enough to warrant it. Despite his affiliation with the New Zealand Labour Party, Brown didn't run for election in the 2005 General Election, and instead returned to working for Wynyard Wood.
Brown announced his candidacy for the Manukau Mayoralty in 2006, Barry Curtis announced that he wouldn't be running for re-election, and Brown's main opposition were former Olympic runner Dick Quax and radio personality Willie Jackson. Brown resigned from Wynard Wood in 2007 to focus on his candidacy full time. In August 2007, both Quax and Brown were polling "neck and neck". Brown ran on several policies, including; capping rates at the cost of inflation, increasing public transport, and working with youth in the region. Brown won election in October 2007 with over 32000 votes; his next closest rival Dick Quax had less than 18000. He was officially sworn in on 26 October 2007 at the Manukau City Council hall.
Brown is married to Shirley Anne Inglis, and has three children; Olivia, Samantha, and Victoria.

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